Lowdtown Labs: Mook toy

So one of my life goals is to make a series of vinyl toys, and this weekend, I decided to start that life goal early. It's still really crappy and in its early stages, but I'm going to keep working on it.

Either way, I'm pretty proud of it, and I'm going to be working on some other prototypes, and during my spring break I'm going to be molding and casting a bunch of them. Hopefully if they're polished enough, they'll be ready by summer for Lowdtown. Since I don't really want to work overseas, I'll most likely be doing them all by hand, but I think it'll be worth it. They'll be in super limited editions, but it'll be cool.

Yea, that was my original idea, but then I realized that execution is much harder than expected. I'll work on it soon and see how it goes. I have awesome ideas for mouthcan as a vinyl figure though, so I really hope I can get it together.

Yea, I was thinking resin casting, I'm not sure what I'm doing yet, I'm going to go out and buy my casting stuff soon. I'm planning to resin cast with resin plaster, but I'm not sure how sturdy that stuff is. Probably wouldn't hold up to a fall too well. Have any experience with that stuff?

holy fucking shit! I've been to that site before, and it's unreal how amazing some of those dudes are. I'm going to try something a bit more detailed for my next figure (a la "I'm the Boss" design character).

I finished the mold today! Here are some pics of my progress and you can visit my blog to learn about my (shitty) step by step. I recommend reading the blog entry if you want to learn how (not) to make a mold.

Yea, I'm excited. I kind of went into it head first; I wish I researched and planned things better. But I'm excited regardless, and hopefully things turn out well. Check back tomorrow to see how the cast went!

SlippyBog said: P.s. How much will they cost when the come out? I want one :)

I'm not really sure yet, but they might be a bit pricey. Considering all the labor and handwork that went into these, I feel like they are pretty valuable. Also, I"m going to be hand-numbering them, which adds a rare factor too. We'll see... haha. I have cool ideas for the packaging too!

SlippyBog said: P.s. How much will they cost when the come out? I want one :)

I'm not really sure yet, but they might be a bit pricey. Considering all the labor and handwork that went into these, I feel like they are pretty valuable. Also, I"m going to be hand-numbering them, which adds a rare factor too. We'll see... haha. I have cool ideas for the packaging too!

well they'll be worth it and you should do a mouth can logo for packaging

Wow, you guys are so nice. Thanks, it really means a lot. Well, I finished painting and finishing the first 6 Mooks today, and they came out really nicely. I have a whole bunch of pictures to go with it, so I'll post to the Lowdtown blog later. I had a crazy idea for the packaging, but I'm not sure how realistic it is.

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